1974 Syd Barrett Sessions (finished)
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Ever wonder what it would sound like if Syd Barrett had actually finished this record? I sure did. I added some layers and fleshed it out a bit. I'm not sure why people refer to these sessions as the work of some madman. I strongly believe Syd was in the process of making a really killer record.
I have a version of Opal with added layers here:
• Syd Barrett - Opal wit...
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I've been listening to Syd's music for 50 years, and I'm still amazed.
Jeff Stewart I understand completely being amazed. He is far beyond “time”. He’s still around tho... His dark humor comes in mischievous spurts when you pay him mind... Just Imagine... “Traveling by telephone” as he said ...Long ago... before we could even try to understand)
I hear ya. I'm a few years younger than Syd, and I still listen. I've always loved music and will when I'm in a wheel chair. I just wish they'd all been a little more forgiving with Syd and the way his mind works.
Great job Syd! Just because he was having a hard time doesn't mean that he should have been abandoned. Such a truly rare talent...
Metallica gave up on Dave Mustaine and left him for dead and look how that turned out(megadeth) Syd had more money than most of us yahoos and he chose not to make any more music. You can't possibly blame the Floyd from moving on when in hindsight had they kept Barrett there never would have been a Dark Side Of The Moon or a Wall . Its sad but Barrett leaving Floyd actually made the band grow up and become much better than if he would have stayed .
@steven Brunton simmer down spazz
He wasn't. abandoned , he way to far gone , he needed mental health services from all the acid he was taking !!!
@@Mojo19692 yeah, if anything, didn't they try to help Syd?
@@dj-um7el yes they all tried to help syd but syd went off the deep end with psychedelics !!!
Only Syd can make something like this 🤘
Love YOUR intro words, Syd never went mad.. he was a kid, who left behind him one hell of a legacy~! And the imitators of his work.. were always called on it, his style and the risky way his music sometimes went always taking chances.. is TOO recognizable to his faithful fans.
many more technical guitarist cannot achieve in a lifetime the expressiveness of a single strum of his
Carlo Marchiori Yes! Truest thing I've read today. Expressive is the word.
that's an intense sentence! i like it!
Technical guitarists play music for themselves not people. As for comparing and placing value judgements technical guitarists are not painters poets and often can not write a song. So your point and observation is dull and typical for someone that can not think for themselves or even understand syd
Fragile tension
Oh FFS, get over your simpering fanboi selves, Syd did some great work but this is just a load of zombie 12 bar wank
Boogie #1: 0:00
Boogie #2: 1:28
Boogie #3: 2:58
If You Go #1: 4:23
If You Go #2: 6:38
Untitled: 8:23
Slow Boogie: 9:40
Fast Boogie: 12:22
Ballad unfinished: 13:31
John Lee Hooker: 15:16
Chooka-Chooka-Chug-Chug: 18:17
+Austin Staab Dude, you are awesome. Thank you.
Reminds me of T Rex
+Austin Staab Thank you
+Richard Michael John Hall I know you replied to this comment 6 months ago; but I really should thank you for making such a good cover of this session by Barrett. Thanks for this, you really did do an astounding job. Also, no problem with the playlist comment. I figured someone had to do it haha.
+Austin Staab I thank you again and appreciate you both taking the time to listen to the project and for the kind words.
Anyone playing like this would be considered average, and hack. Syd brought something magical no matter how he strummed the strings. His loss was felt the day I bought A Nice Pair back in 73' RIP Syd.
Sid is at peace. his mark in music is heard everywhere. but only those that listen can hear it. Just listen to
the music around you..........do you hear it. Its the music in your head.
I can’t get the music out of my head and it really used to piss off my teachers something wicked.
'At peace' ? He's DEAD.
Thank you for your work on this. I lament every day Syd didn't get to achieve his potential, but I know he didn't want what Pink Floyd wanted. Brilliant, sensitive, artistic, and a deep soul. RIP Syd (Roger)! We miss you!
Imo he achieved his potential
They say Syd went mad from brain damage but in his later recordings after his demise he still retained a sense of insight and he could arrange and create songs which requires not only creativity but cognitive ability to create progressions and conclusions so he still maintained some conscious awareness to the present and reality as it is.
I think Syds childlike mind and nature made it hard for him to understand the manners of modern society and living and easy for him to regress into his own state of mind.
He was seen frequently buying sweets and going about town but no one talked to him and he no one I believe.
But this tells me he was able to calculate on a minor scale and he had the conscious mind to chose his sweets and knew how to get from home and back and he was never diagnosed with any mental illness nor took medication so for all intents and purposes he was simply choosing to exist within his own “walls” of reality and escape the world his childlike nature was to unable to understand and which impeded his sense of well being so he thought he was not going feel uncomfortable and have to see the consequences of human greed and hate and jealousy.
He watched his art be turned into a commercial product in which he lip synced and pretended to play guitar for a camera.
It must have felt fake to Syd and being told he had to do this and do that and ware this and go there and look and smile and get paid to do it.
He was not interested in money as such other wise he would have had more luxury in his life.
He wanted to live his life in peace freely and happy or not but just be able to chose for himself.
And don’t get me wrong all the acid he did must have effected this and his real state of mind but I think he was much more aware and in tune then people thought.
Because everyone already thought he was a mad man so that’s his there going to see him.
But RIP Roger Kieth “Syd” Barrett you will always be remembered by me and have been a major influence in my whole world.
Since childhood I wondered about the enigma that was the lead singer of Pink Floyd and what the truth was out of all the myths that people made up trying to make a explanation.
But I always kinda knew because of the fractured information I learned for sure about him but wanted tge whole story and know more about this mystical and wild Syd Barrett who was the one who influenced all varieties of styles and arts of playing as well as unique playing effects and sounds he made on guitar and his uncanny ability to form the most majestic and mesmerizing sonic psychedelic creations ever heard by anyone.
Here’s To you the most enigmatic musical creators there is Roger Kieth “Syd” Barrett.
Hi. I'm just now beginning to look thru these responses, sorry!!! Hope you're still with us, and still in one piece! This post is 2 years old. I need to start digging deeper, I think. So I will. Syd Barrett was brilliant! Even his band members didn't understand, and didn't want to. And I love them, too, I mean they WERE his band members. Dunno if you just couldn't speak English or were simply inebriated, or both, but whatever. I'll be back, and we'll finish this final track...
@@AndyMcGuireAndyCat just out of curiosity why did you think I could not speck English or was inebriated??
I read my post and it was legible and made sense.
I think you just had a hard time because of how I worded it.
Sorry about that I write a lot and use a lot of uncommon forms of expression and it can get to elaborate for some sometimes.
Sorry!!
@@ricktherrien8235 Ooops, dammit! Hope this sends. I'm not fluent with internet yet, let alone You Tube. Anyway I may have thought you 'inebriated' because I was?? First time in years, honestly, just some old wine but sheesh wadda bad night. Would have never found your post otherwise, tho, likely, so let's call it a blessing. Anyway I do 'remember' your words were very sincere & from your heart, so thank you for that. We both truly love Syd, so let's just bask in the glow for a moment... Well lemme just see if this will go thru, I may well come back & write summore to you! It's 3 am but I'm straight as an arrow (hee-hee)
That tone between 02:20 and 02:30 was so absolutely distinctive. Nobody else sounds like that.
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I hate like hell that "Acid" had to be the means of how Pink Floyd dumped Syd to add David Gilmour, I wish they'd added David anyway in the beginning, he is a genius also, and that fifth member wouldn't have hurt... Syd was indeed a Genius and greatly talented, and it's so sad that the band lost him...
Anthony Ballard ... so pessimistic... Perhaps much was gained through the SYD that he chose to be. Pink Floyd became quite successful and maintains a top level fan base. Even after decades of beautiful art, created through experiences of loss, pain and all the other life experiences.
Perhaps, we may have never known them at all... if the cards were stacked differently.
If someone takes a different perspective or path in the short course of life, we can not judge or be saddened by a person “lost” hypothetically .
I think Syd wanted David to join the band as early as 1965
@@RetroOnSpeedDial I think Brian Jones suffered a similar fate with the Rolling Stones. Acid and similar substances messed up the lives of a lot of musicians of the late 60's.
I've been a huge Barrett fan for years and never heard any of this. Your additions sound great and I'm glad you brought this to completion. Great stuff!
Syd Barret,o garoto ingênuo q foi seduzido pela a silada do LSD .mas, um talentoso artista. Sou muito fã dele 🎸🎸🙏
I don't give a shit what anybody says it's so great to hear some extra jams of Syd never heard before fantastic I love it!!! Long Live Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd!!!!
Amen!
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@steven Brunton
Precisely
Wow! Well done. Shows there was more going on than anyone or of us could have ever imagined. This is a great listen! I hope he found comfort in his life past of all of the pop star nonsense.
Great to hear Syd was still doing his thing on guitar in ‘74. His tone and unique approach is unmistakeable! Thanks for editing and putting this together for us fans to hear.
thank you. ive been of the same opinion for years.. he was putting a universal charge into his idea of what music should be..or as he put it.."the songs have got to feel-like a painting"
This is absolutely remarkable...I've always rated the '74 sessions and thought that if Syd had been nurtured and given the producer and sensitive musicians required at the time, he would have made an album that pushed into new realms of psych blues. Instead, Peter Jenner seemed disappointed that Syd didn't turn up with ten new hits up his sleeve, and lacked the ability to provide Syd with the framework he needed to make another record.
This is a brilliantly realised glimpse of what could have been, I unreservedly take my hat off to you. I think Syd would have dug the hell out of this too, nicely done. I hope this gets released by hook or crook, it deserves to be heard!
Charlie Francis-Pape Thank you very much for your kind words.
The mark of great talent is glaringly obvious in all Syd recordings, un duplicatable technique and tone.
You did an amazing job here. You're totally right about Syd not being some crazed loon. Once you add the drums and other bits, it really starts to come together. It's a brilliant mix of old Floyd, the blues, even sounded like Gilmour Floyd at some points but we all know where they got their sound... so it's not like Syd is taking the inspiration.
Excellent work ! ... It brings to life Syd Barrett and the 1974 sessions ! ... Now I have the third album ! ...
i remember listening to these about ten years ago.... its so cool to see all the new ppl listening
Jesus, I'm glad somebody finally realized there was a pearl in that shell...... Great Freakin Job!
+ColorUsBlue Thank you!
Oh man! I’ve just discovered this as I’ve just started delving into Syd and early PF in 2023! It’s never too late! Thanks so much for this!! Kiss❤
My syd discovery date is 6 February 2022 and I've been to Cambridge to see his homes, colleges etc. You should go x
Syd turned me into a huge Bo Diddley fan
Likewise!
This is fucking legend mate. 10 out 10 for effort and execution. I could never hear anything in the original demos but you filled in all the blanks like a true impressionist. Incredible work
Thank you BaronVonPenguin.
thank you for this 🎁
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this comment is a real work of art, i reckon ))
LOL. Great job! You truly made something out of nothing. I downloaded it and used around 7 or 8 minutes of it to fill out my best of Syd compilation. Thanks a lot. You've made more than a few Syd fans smile. Kudos!
Yes, this Barrett live is wonderful,
full of fantasy, and out of each logic
scheme, or rule................
An authentic genius.
R.I.P. Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett.
Alex from Italy.
ALWAYS heard he was a huge Bo Diddley fan and now finally hearing it from himself!!! Thank you for this.
I think you put a lot of passion into this and with respect to Syd's guitar work...well done, Rich
Remarkable job. Absolutely incredible. Thanks!
Syd loved Bo Diddley and you can hear the influence in the opening song.
Very well done Richard Michael John Hall. Shine On!
Nomita Chakravorty shine on!
Forever young
Great job man! If think this would be what Syd originally wanted the songs to be. Peter Jenner and John Leckie said that a lack of musicians around him when he was in studio in 1974 maybe discouraged him from finishing the songs. He needed to be pushed to get the work done. Sad really, it could have been a great last album from him.
Invisible Drummer I suspect that was about half his troubles.
Killer job my friend. This would have been a masterpiece had it of been realised,thanks so much for pointing things in the right direction
Simply astounding. Lovingly crafted and perfectly accentuates Syd's fascinating and painterly guitar style. The man was an artist of infinite talents. It's of strange comfort to speculate that as an artist he squeezed his musical and lyrical gifts dry in an astonishing splash of originality and beauty and simply retired to a life of sedate calm and quiet introspection.
Thank you Rich for such a respectful and beautifully crafted piece of work.
Ps Opel is also stunning
So fresh! So many things are there that actually were about to happen, I think of Marc Bolans T-Rex,
Really well done! It's surprising how much more coherent you manage to make these recordings sound.
my jam.. your production is perfect,you should have been there in 1974 lol.. nothing else to say really love you and thank you very much!
Fantastic job, wow you really brought these tracks to life. Thank you! I bet if he could Syd would also thank you man! The piece that starts at 13:40 I could totally imagine him adding lyrics to that and what a beautiful song it would be. Syd was not done in 1967/8 as some would claim, he just needed time to get away from bad people and I believe, the music business. At that time it was too overbearing for him and he didn't have the thick skin that it requires.
Agreed. That tune you mention has a bit of a Gigolo Aunt feel to it.
Reuploading this comment cause I still jam to this. Sorry just tired of scrolling down for my old comment lol!
Boogie #1: 0:00
Boogie #2: 1:28
Boogie #3: 2:58
If You Go #1: 4:23
If You Go #2: 6:38
Untitled: 8:23
Slow Boogie: 9:40
Fast Boogie: 12:22
Ballad unfinished: 13:31
John Lee Hooker: 15:16
Chooka-Chooka-Chug-Chug: 18:17
That’s crazy that your other comment is already six years old! Man time flies.
I am also a diehard John Lee Hooker fan, and that particular segment was possibly my favorite. I also think John Lee Hooker would have thoroughly enjoyed that as well. Loved the whole thing, btw, wonderful to hear.
This should be an offical release by a major label, like EMI, or Capital. You turned this into a GREAT Album. You had the vision that the origal producers didn't have in 1974. I would like to be a copy of this CD from you. How can I get one? Excellent job!! You a great musician and producer. I t gives all of us Syd fans more music to enjoy. Thank you!
Barrett was a genius... i can sense it. These guys living like fish out of water, their realities not really understood by many. They cannot do the regular stuff in the accepted way and it must be humungously difficult, when you are such a bloody creative genius, to pipe down. I don't believe he was a madman at all, just that he did not fit in the accepted social agreements. Most geniuses had this problem of adjusting. Let's say he was the Vincent Van Gogh of Rock Music.
And i do wish he did not LSD'd. :(((
Nomita Chakravorty,
Yes, yes, and yes.
Thats exactly what I thought, he's like the Van Gogh of music, not of a mainstream, common commercial value of his time then & even after. Perhaps soon the whole world recognizes.
Ironically a lot of his paintings remind me of the works of Van Gogh
Postumous records are remixed and released of old Hendrix, Cash and Zappa material all the time. I'll accept this as cannon.
For critics of Syd,..
1. He created a whole new sound. 2. His well-meaning fans kept spiking his food with LSD.
You are correct, and his tea, and coffee. I wish he had chosen his friends more wisely.
Cathy R .. Yes, they were actually his friends. I see you know a lot about him. Beautiful.
Not sure if you're into astrology, but his and Hendrix's charts are the most amazing in terms of talent (genius) in the arts, FAR beyond any other famous musicians...and this would be *obvious* to anyone by virtue of their planets' symmetrical configurations. (My field is metaphysics...astrology is an adjunct)
Actually, his friends never spiked him. That's a myth. Syd was always willing to be dosed and never needed to be forced or coerced into doing it. I know people who were friends of his from that period, all of them maintain that Syd was never spiked by them or any other friend. He could have been spiked by fans and hangers-on, but never by actual friends.
Plus, the "Mad Jock and Mad Sue" stories that went around are false as well. I know from ultra-reliable sources that both those people were good friends to Syd and would never spike a soul. They did however use copious amounts of LSD with him, but it was always his decision to partake in doing it.
That story has been debunked. Rob Chapman's biography. Well, I say debunked, it's more that there's no hard evidence it happened, and the friends who were supposedly involved have strongly denied it.
That is some of the best Syd Barret I ever heard...Cool, thanks...
totataly what a find cant believe my luck never thought in my wildest dreams i find some new syd and from 74 the so called height of his madnesss well this madman plays a mean guitar and unique as always i know from people who play the old wah wah pedal was incredibly difficult to play this old psycho seems to have no difficultys what treasure.
Now that's a fan. Well done.
well, i dig this just FINE, glad i wait'd for the upload...thanks 4 sharin' this bit ov le "holy grail"
It sounds a little bit like music of bands from the beginning 60ies. - included the first years of Beatles (in Germany).
Agree, there's an early sixties vibe to this. About two years later, there was an attempt to get him to produce the Sex Pistols (!!). That would never have worked of course, but it's interesting to imagine what such a collaboration might have sounded like... 🙂😃
Ha! This is great. Honestly love the little extra work, but love that's it's Syd. He didn't want to front anyways. He wanted to Jam with his friends.
Syd was and still is the symbol of psychedelic music. He will always be loved and missed ,shine on Syd!
Thanks for this! He was good, and would have gotten even better. The others knew it. He was forced out. I suspect some jealousy and backstabbing. RIP you handsome, talented, sensitive man! I've read everything I can about Syd. I don't believe all I've read. I believe if he would have never got involved with music in that era, there would be no madman to speak of. And any person who spikes your food and drinks is not well-meaning. I can't stand a sneak. If someone did that to me or someone I cared about, they better have left the country, you have a ass beating coming you won't ever forget!
I love Syd’s work but I don’t think he was forced out because he was too good. He didn’t want that lifestyle and was coming apart at the seams.
@steven Brunton If you’re talking about Roger I agree. Mistakes were made Syd’s sister acknowledged that. The band wanted to keep going Syd was unwilling/able to do so.Syd had too much integrity as an artist for the pop music world. Couple that with too many drugs and……the rest is history.
It's all good. Love it, thank you Syd! RIP you diamond! Not crazy.
I Love Barrett!
hear hear hear! Syd could play no crap!
Syd needed more time but as the music biz goes by schedule well..... too bad. He truly was unique & beyond. 💜
The mistake Jenner did in these 3 day sessions was not provide Syd with backing musicians. Just a drummer and a bass player. Syd on his own had no one to guide him like David Gilmour did in 1970 with the album 'Barrett'. Getting Barrett to play on his own out of time without a metronome would be very hard for a drummer to add his drums to a pre recorded track. A classic example is Robert Wyatt drumming on No Good Trying. It's bang out of time but they used it. Other songs the Soft Machine tried to overdub was Clowns and Jugglers which proved to much of a mess and was shelved until Opel in 1988. Had the song been in time with Robert Wyatt's drumming it would have turned out much better than the later Octopus which Dave Gilmour played drums on and recorded the bass and acoustic parts. All Syd had to do on it was sing and play a small lead guitar part. Jenner made the same mistake in 1968 when he produced Syds first solo attempts after leaving the Floyd. Those were great songs. Some of his best but he never finished them properly. Opel and Swan Lee etc..
I agree
I can dig it. Nice work. I listen to these final Syd sessions every once in a while. There's a poignancy to them, and I don't mind listening to blues licks. This is definitely a fun take.
Impresionante se nota que si es syd su sonido único de guitarra ese riff de el del Piper pero aquí está más rock and roll preciso como para estar un sábado por la tarde con un pisco sour disfrutando en casa shine onnnn 😎👋🎸
~ I enjoyed listening to this; it was interesting to hear what he was up to at the end.
...and P.S....
That "Opel" treatment was _heavy._
Wow, just heard the original earlier today for the first time. It was intriguing with some truly Syd moments, but what you've done is fantastic, very contemporary as well. If someone told me it was a BJM, Warlocks or BRMC record in progress I'd believe it.
rich, what a beautiful job you did on Opel, maintained the integrity, with all the nuances a Floyd fan wants. just think, if you'd have been around this guy, you would've been the ally he needed, the poor guy was left all alone with his songs. I'm sure glad the rest of the band was around to add the layers on piper , but I'm fairly sure as young kids, they gave up on him way too soon.......
He was dysfunctional until into the nineties. I suspect his mother had something to do with that, too.
There is not much anyone could do for him for a long time.
Oh do I love this!! Syd, the legend.
Wish you were here buddy. RIP Syd
Thank you , I really enjoyed this. Well done.
Some good moods in here! Long live syd
Fantastic effort RMJH, the entire work becomes seamless !!
Got some lyrics for it:
Pick at the fruit inside my golden boot
Underwear wave fish at the corners of a dream
Time is a pool of windows looking for a trace
cooking up a little pot of mirrors
Jangle thy keys in a circular motion
purple haired children laugh at the moon coloured face
no time to disagree (i think you'll see)
Hypochondriac garden gate timpany
egg timer trampoline
grazing a birds wing
little yellow camera forging memories
I wave a finger at the olive branch kitten
framing frames with monkey response
no no no, i didn't like the dancing limpet
caring from a higher branch i smell colour
yes yes, your a silly little pair of jugs
yes i see you hanging out your wet clothes
laughing with a little mouse called david
Pink pillow slips forge a small opening in a tree
nice to see you holding a carrot shaped word
bringing forth an opportunity to be devoured
breaking crockery by the sea with fisherman
oh no i'll fade into a curtain
oh no i'm feeling grey
he was forteen
messthetics it's a big no from me
those lyrics are pretty fuckin gay to be honest.
Why? Can you suggest some lyrics instead?
I'm only joking man.
Keep writing. The Syd song is crap though and I'm a huge fan. Write to a better tune.
Superb! I like that you've intergrated Syd's work with yours seamlessly. If you didn't know any better you'd think this was genuinely all recorded in 1974. Thanks for this!
I think you have done a marvellous job considering what you had to work with. Well done.
You have made a lovely job. Very enjoyable. And ought to be released.
Thank you for posting this❤
Bello
Fabuloso un genio siin lugar a dudas Syd barret eterno nunca moriste
Bravo with cheese on top! You have really taken this to a whole new level and I bet Syd would dig it too!
The music industry made his paintings feel dead so he killed syd barrett. Long live the music and artistry of RKB ❤
rip #RKB
Great job! He never became mad. All lies around a kid who wanted to live his normal life. He wanted to be a painter not a musician
He was on another wavelength
You refuse to believe what EVERYONE around Syd - who knew him very well (his sister, band, close friends, etc) - say about him. As if YOU know better!!! That really cracks me up.
I think you'll find without question he suffered mental illness. 'Mad' vaguely and inadequately terms some advanced psychopathology. Depends what you mean. Please don't say he wasn't mentally ill cos the poor sod plainly had a history of issues, but he came to terms with them and lived a decent life after music.
Thank you so much for saying that. I’ve been saying that for 30 years and mostly fell on deaf ears. People are now starting to get it finally that with fame he had less than half the freedom he was used to. And living quietly in Cambridge painting away is actually a huge luxury people don’t understand that. I know his family and his friends he grew up with and yes it’s really that he wanted to get back to painting and less fake hangers on. He was odd even as a preteen and very eccentric which his mother and the rest of the adults actually nurtured. And correct he never was on any medication for any psychiatric issues. Never committed except early 80s onece because he had an outburst when he was living with his mother again and they got into a horrible argument. After that was the last of his drug taking other than his Guinness. Once he got the cherry hinton house to himself he got comfortable living in obscurity. No more bullying from Waters and the record executives who literally got physical with him on a few occasions. And no more his mom treating him like he was the baby, which he absolutely always was lit’s up to people like us to keep pushing the real story so I we honor him. He was an amazing artist of the fine art variety. He painted even with sound.
@@Canyon2023what are you saying you have heard Rosemary say? The words of the other Floyd are proven not reputable aside to Nick mason. But even he got some memories wrong . His appearance at abbey road last they saw him was actually 3 different days not one. Now ask me how I know
Close your eyes and hear Syd sing from somewhere behind the trees on this excellent work. Thank you!
You made this session listenable. Great job.
Thank you . Great job.
Syd would have invented Mandrax Glam Rock, which would've influenced a more trippy Punk Rock genre come 76'-77'.
That's amazing
I really enjoyed this and think Syd would have too, thanks for sharing!
Yeah, that type of backing would have helped Syd to get a groove. If he had sung some of his amazing lyrics on top, these would have been groovy songs. I agree, I don't Syd was all that crazy.
You did a really fantastic job on this you should be very proud
Sounds cool. Thanks for being brave and doing this.
Its sad he didnt had much recognition while living. But i will always listen this!!! Thanks Syd!
Sad for whom? He lived exactly the way he wanted to.
kind of reminds me of early velvet underground a very garage sounding style which is more interesting to me then polished rock gibberish
Syd's into his blues influence here, sounds great, even an instrumental album would have been cool to put out.
Years late but, the reason he never finished it is because every track had to be done in one take. The producers were like, we can edit. But syd was stubborn
One this is good could have been an album for sure who else plays on this? I love this!!!!
I wish I had seen Pink Floyd in concert either with Syd or David both are talented men even though Syd is dead and gone I shall not forget Syd you were awesome Syd and I hope wherever you are today you are doing well
Um, he's dead.
I saw Pink Floyd without Roger Waters and it was awful. IT was in a huge Hockey arena. awful. The same year I saw Roger Waters play in a smaller venue of 3000 people seating. IT was really good. 3 hrs long. He did the Floyd stuff throughout and mixed in some of his new songs.
Without Waters they were like shopping mall music.
@@blackmore4 Reminds me of an old song from the 80's by Couch Flambeau where the singer is taking on the character of a disaffected high school student, singing "I hate Shakespeare, Shakespeare's too hard to read, I wish he was dead . . . oh, he is?"
Yessss!!! Barrett forever!
Agreed!
I just find out this today, wow, really great dude.
Awesome.
I really like this. Awesome. In every Syd Barrett song released (and in these unreleased songs too) there is this great potential. Just some more work and it would be a great album to let him carry on with his songwriting. For sure it's been very complicated those days. Still I'm not the only one to like your great versions and one can only imagine if Syd was given more freedom to go on with these. One explanation is he made his decision himself not to return but I'm sure he could have been found later to go on.
Totally agree with your comment.
...just happened to have the telly on and Southland was on when this popped up when I was looking for an electric screwdiver..so I turned down the telly vol and watched 20mins of southland with sid's guitar as the audio and "Bingo"! It was like a puzzle had been completed, they synced up spot on. Wonder if he listened to any if early punk music, it sounds like he might have got well into it?
Rich,, That is kick ass... Syd would have been proud of it..
Yes Syd OD'd on cid but he got some bad breaks too. How could they not like this. This is most of the Pink Floyd sound right here. Bet he was about to create some killer lyrics too.
Great upload Syd lives forever
_"Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond."_
Stop hating me ya twats
As a lifelong Syd Fan...Thank you.
There's speculation as to that Andrew. Actually it was sometime in 1974, he was playing a live show somewhere, and a commentator described his music as "demented." This really crushed Syd, as sensitive as he was. He is known to have said, "Im not playing anymore" after that comment. We know even through the later decades, he would occasionally pick up an acoustic guitar and play around IF he though no one was listening. His brother in law once intentionally left Syd alone in a room with a guitar, to see what he would do. When Syd though he was gone, the brother in law could hear him playing. He cracked open the door to watch Syd. When Syd realized he was being watched, he blushed, and put down the guitar.
SamBob 63 Roy Hollingworth wrote the final report of the last Syd's gig in Cambridge, February 25 1972. He got angry and decided not to play anymore!